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image by Dov Gutterman, 4 September 2008
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Haifa port changed its flag into a logo on white background as
seen at my photo.
The logo on the official website at <www.haifaport.org.il>
show darker shades then the actual flag.
Dov Gutterman, 4 September 2008
Note: the inscription is in Hebrew not English
image by Santiago Dotor
Haifa Port flag is blue with a white logo, which can be seen
at the Haifa Port website.
Dov Gutterman, 4 November 2000
The inscription [on the flag's logo] is in Hebrew.
Dov Gutterman, 31 May 2001
Dagon Grain Silos is the grain terminal of Israel. It is
situated in downtown Haifa next to the port and Haifa and
Haifa-Central railway station. The terminal was opened in 1955
under private ownership and since 2003 belongs to the Port
Authority making it a governmental entity. The prominent building
of Dagon is a known land mark of Haifa and include a
archeological museum with ancient grain storage exhibits.
The name "Dagon" is taken from the name of a Canaanite
idol (god of the grain). There is a theory that the name is
derived from the word "Dag" (=fish) znd not of
"Dagan" (=grain). However, according to ancient texts
it was the Canaanite's "god of the grain and
agriculture". See also wikipedia.
The flag of Dagon is blue
and charged with its logo
in gold. I don't have a decent logo, so here are only photos of
the flag and logo.
Dov Gutterman, 5 September 2008
I definitely remember that his image for the Philistines was
that of half man and half fish, however, if I have this correctly
he was the god of grain/agriculture for the early Amorites.
Christopher Southworth, 6 September 2008